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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP132024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP132024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The decision found no qualifying one-time award or evidence meeting three criteria. It did not reach one contested scholarly-authorship criterion because that issue could not alter the outcome. (pp. 9–10).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP132024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 13, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Non-precedent EB-1A appeal; the petitioner is described as a journalist, with source discussion referring to automotive journalism and parliamentary-assistant employment evidence. (pp. 1, 3–10) |
Procedural posture | AAO dismissed the Texas Service Center appeal. It found the four discussed criteria not met, reserved a remaining authorship issue, and held the initial threshold unmet. (pp. 1, 9–10) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination because the initial threshold was not met; AAO stated it reviewed the record in aggregate and found it did not establish acclaim. (p. 10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision found no qualifying one-time award or evidence meeting three criteria. It did not reach one contested scholarly-authorship criterion because that issue could not alter the outcome. (pp. 9–10)
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | not met |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
The petitioner’s identity and some employer details are redacted; preserve redactions. Confirm distinctions between journalism occupation and parliamentary-assistant role before any taxonomy. Adverse, non-precedent.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: If cleared for publication, create a decision-specific, page-cited summary that states the field and procedural posture, distinguishes criteria met/not met/not reached, links the USCIS source PDF, preserves redactions, and clearly labels the decision non-precedent. Potential comparison: Narrow comparison for journalism cases involving award scope, published material about the journalist, judging journalists’ work, evidence of impact, and salary comparisons. Keep reserved authorship clearly marked as not reached.
Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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